L3_S19_ This, That, These, and Those

L3_S19_ This, That, These, and Those

‘This’, ‘That’, ‘These’, and ‘Those’ are demonstrative pronouns and determiners used to identify someone or something.

The word 'this' is used to point to a singular person or object that is close or that is just mentioned. On the other hand, 'these' is used to point to many persons or objects that are close or just mentioned.

The plural form of ‘This’ is ‘These’.

The word 'that' is used to point to a singular person or object that is far or something mentioned before. On the other hand, 'those' points to many persons or objects that are far away or something mentioned before.

The plural form of ‘That’ is ‘Those’.

Uncountable nouns such as 'water', 'tea', 'butter', 'milk', 'air', 'rice', 'anger', 'money', 'information', etc. have no plural form. So, we must use 'this' or 'that' to indicate them.

 

Example

Activity

1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate demonstrative pronoun or identifier.

Extra Task

1. Write some simple sentences (at least 12) with ‘This’, ‘That’, ‘These’, and ‘Those’ (at least 3 in each) (for example- ‘This is a Bus.’) that you know by yourself or by referring to any book in English.